Reinventing Community Based Education with Hybrid Learning

Your Name and Title:

Rich Kiker (@rkiker) - Director of Online Learning

School or Organization Name:

Palisades School District

Area of the World from Which You Will Present:

Pennsylvania, USA

Language in Which You Will Present:

English

Target Audience(s):

K-12 Educators, Administrators, School Board Members, and Educational Reformers

Short Session Description (one line):

How one district is reinventing the community learning model with elearning options.

Full Session Description (as long as you would like):

Palisades Cyber Academy is an online and hybrid learning program that is fully integrated into the Palisades School District. This program gives the district the ability to offer a range of online courses and scheduling options to better meet the needs of its students who would like to pursue custom and cyber learning opportunities. Implementing this program has proven to have a multitude of benefits including student choice, flexible scheduling, increased technical capacity, improved college readiness, and a significant cost savings. Our "entire learning community" approach is a model for authentic educational reform and is within the power of any school to do this and we would like to share one way how. Please come to learn, teach, and share!

Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session:

www.palisadessd.org

www.palisadescyberacademy.org

Thanks for your submission to present at the 2011 Global Education Conference. Your proposal looks promising, but could benefit from some additional language that ties your work to the conference theme of global collaboration. Your proposed session may imply global collaborations and connections, but we need to see more explanation of how your work ties into our mission. The conference seeks to present ideas, examples and initiatives related to connecting educators and classrooms around the world with an emphasis on promoting global awareness and instilling global competency in students. This is not a general education conference nor a technology conference. Please review your submission and adjust accordingly, so that participants clearly understand how your work fits into the mission of the conference.

Replies

Co-Chair

Lucy Gray November 6, 2011 at 8:24pm

The deadline for submitting your revisions to this proposal is November 7, 2011 at 5 PM CST or 23:00 UTC. We will not accept revisions after this time. Thanks for your ideas and we hope you'll consider applying next year.
Co-Chair

Lucy Gray October 27, 2011 at 10:49am

Thanks for your submission to present at the 2011 Global Education Conference. Your proposal looks promising, but could benefit from some additional language that ties your work to the conference theme of global collaboration. Your proposed session may imply global collaborations and connections, but we need to see more explanation of how your work ties into our mission. The conference seeks to present ideas, examples and initiatives related to connecting educators and classrooms around the world with an emphasis on promoting global awareness and instilling global competency in students. This is not a general education conference nor a technology conference. Please review your submission and adjust accordingly, so that participants clearly understand how your work fits into the mission of the conference.

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